Why not move back to a later uniform start date and cut the preseason games by a couple weeks?
OSU's conference schedule doesn't start until basically the beginning of April. The SEC conference is 10 weeks of 3 games each, whereas the Big Ten is 8 weeks of 4 games each. If the SEC followed a similar 8-week conference schedule, they could move back the starting date 2 weeks and not cut out a single game or push back the CWS.